Westar Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

17777 West Westar Dr

Goodyear AZ, 85338, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-474-6600

Ranking:

(379 out of 1,363, top 28%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Liberty Elementary District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	35		31		31		29		32		34		35
Total Students:	632		596		558		572		566		606		559
Kindergarten:	58	9.2%	69	11.6%	45	8.1%	62	10.8%	62	11.0%	68	11.2%	61	10.9%
Grade 1:	64	10.1%	47	7.9%	61	10.9%	67	11.7%	64	11.3%	71	11.7%	62	11.1%
Grade 2:	55	8.7%	61	10.2%	63	11.3%	66	11.5%	65	11.5%	70	11.6%	66	11.8%
Grade 3:	60	9.5%	69	11.6%	62	11.1%	62	10.8%	63	11.1%	70	11.6%	68	12.2%
Grade 4:	91	14.4%	72	12.1%	76	13.6%	57	10.0%	59	10.4%	74	12.2%	62	11.1%
Grade 5:	80	12.7%	72	12.1%	65	11.6%	65	11.4%	68	12.0%	71	11.7%	60	10.7%
Grade 6:	81	12.8%	68	11.4%	62	11.1%	68	11.9%	64	11.3%	61	10.1%	65	11.6%
Grade 7:	75	11.9%	71	11.9%	65	11.6%	63	11.0%	56	9.9%	67	11.1%	53	9.5%
Grade 8:	68	10.8%	67	11.2%	59	10.6%	62	10.8%	65	11.5%	54	8.9%	62	11.1%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	337	53.3%	317	53.2%	283	50.7%	296	51.7%	290	51.2%	315	52.0%	307	54.9%
Female:	295	46.7%	279	46.8%	275	49.3%	276	48.3%	268	47.3%	283	46.7%	248	44.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%
Asian:	14	2.2%	15	2.5%	11	2.0%	25	4.4%	22	3.9%	27	4.5%	29	5.2%
Hispanic:	144	22.8%	140	23.5%	122	21.9%	125	21.9%	105	18.6%	110	18.2%	99	17.7%
Black:	33	5.2%	30	5.0%	35	6.3%	33	5.8%	36	6.4%	45	7.4%	29	5.2%
White:	426	67.4%	398	66.8%	380	68.1%	382	66.8%	401	70.8%	421	69.5%	402	71.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	9	1.4%	9	1.5%	5	0.9%	5	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	94	14.9%	105	17.6%	91	16.3%	87	15.2%	83	14.7%	82	13.5%	1	0.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	36	5.7%	34	5.7%	33	5.9%	27	4.7%	21	3.7%	34	5.6%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.06		19.54		18.00		19.72		17.69		17.80		16.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	449	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	360	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	369.83	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	370	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	374	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	461	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	459	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	462	460.63	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	460	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	465	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	486	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	379	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	376.46	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	375	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	377	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	478	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	482	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	478.99	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	470	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	479	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	505	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	511	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	507.52	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	507	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	512	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	513	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	391	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388	393.41	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	387	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	391	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	503	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	497	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	504.74	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	496	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	494	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	554	534	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	527	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	502.54	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	501	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	502	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	524	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	405	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	408.82	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	407	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	408	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	505	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	511	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	514.27	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	513	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	510	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	542	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	549	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	502.86	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	507	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	500	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	555	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	425	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	424	420.86	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	423	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	425	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	527	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	526.82	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	532	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	535	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	577	553	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	578	560	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	499.45	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	498	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	500	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	571	560	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	434	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	448	439.17	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	436	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428	434	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	529	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	533	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	530.05	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	524	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	523	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	507	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	511	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	517.9	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	520	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	513	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	66.7%	75.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	33.3%	25.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	66.7%	70.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	33.3%	29.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,711.0	$39,393.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,187.0	$36,487.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,761.0	$46,450.0

* Westar Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.